What Do Voters Think About Tax Increases?

Democrats – with some exceptions – say they want to let the Bush-era tax cuts expire at the end of 2010 for the well-to-do, while preserving them for everyone else.

Republicans by and large say Congress should extend the tax cuts for all.

And despite their disagreement, both sides say they expect to score points with voters on the issue in the runup to the November elections.

Which raises an obvious question: What do voters actually think about the Bush tax cuts?

Recent survey results are mixed, and voters appear to be as divided as the politicians – maybe more. But one trend seems to be that more voters are coming around to the view that taxes shouldn’t be raised on anyone…